[rabbitmq-discuss] Use of com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.BasicProperties#Type

Wed May 7 10:38:26 BST 2014

Hi all,

can anyone clarify the use of the attribute 
com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.BasicProperties#Type ? Is an application free 
to use this attribute to define application-specific message types and 
will these types be propagated along with the message to the message 
consumer?

Context: I'm developing an application that uses RabbitMQ to send event 
date to several message consumers. Events are all serialized to JSON for 
transport, but each event belongs to one of several event types. One of 
the message consumers has requested the event type to be provided as a 
property with the message to ease processing on their side.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards

Jerry Preissler